Chengdong Yin
Associate Professor of Finance
School of Finance
Renmin University of China
No. 59 Zhong Guan Cun Street
Beijing, China 100872
Phone: +86 (10) 82500591
Email: chengdongyin@ruc.edu.cn
Pulications
“The Optimal Size of Hedge Funds: Conflict between Investors and Fund Managers”, 2016, Journal of Finance 71(4), 1857-1894.
“Fund Selection, Style Allocation, and Active Management Abilities: Evidence from Funds of Hedge Funds’ Holdings”, 2020, with Chao Gao and Tim Haight, Financial Management 49(1), 135-159; https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.12258 .
“The Performance Life Cycle of Hedge Funds: Can Investors Achieve Lasting Performance?”, 2022, with Chao Gao, Tim Haight, and Chengsi Zhang, Journal of Portfolio Management April 2022, 48 (5) 189-217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2021.1.315.
"Risking or De-Risking: How Management Fees Affect Hedge Fund Risk-Taking Choices", 2023, with Xiaoyan Zhang, Review of Financial Studies 36(3), 904-944; https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhac055.
“Advisory Firm Paths to Side-By-Side Management and Mutual Fund Performance”, 2023, with John Bae, Tim Haight, and Xin Kuang, Journal of Empirical Finance 73, 1-21; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2023.05.002.
Working Papers
"Families are Complicated: The Impact of a Two-Layer Mutual Fund Family Structure", 2023, with Tim Haight
"The Value of Activism: A Hedge Fund Investor's Perspective", 2022, with Felix Feng and Caroline Zhu